A giant hot blob is heading toward New York City—and it may be capable of dividing continents

Experts believe a giant mass of hot rock known as the Northern Appalachian Anomaly (NAA) is heading toward New York City. A new study suggests that the NAA could be responsible for the split between ...
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This heat-loving amoeba just shattered the complex life heat record

A microscopic creature from a boiling hot spring in Northern California has just reset the upper limit for how hot complex ...

Q&A: New method measures how quickly heat spreads through mountain permafrost

Mountain permafrost is warming and thawing worldwide due to climate change, with ground temperature being a key control of ...
ZME Science

A stunning map of the Atlantic Ocean seafloor — and one woman’s pioneering quest to publish it

The geology of the ocean floor is truly spectacular — perhaps even more than land geology. Unfortunately, it's really hard to study.
Live Science

NASA's Parker Solar Probe mapped an unseen part of the sun at its most active moment

For the first time, scientists have created detailed, 2D maps of the sun's outermost atmosphere. This feat was accomplished ...

California’s ‘Twilight Zone’ of Endless Fog Is Finally Clearing

An unrelenting gloom has blanketed much of the state’s Central Valley since late November. For three weeks, David Mas ...
Earth.com

Heat in Earth’s mantle may explain uneven ice loss in Greenland

D heat maps show how deep temperature patterns under Greenland help explain uneven ice loss and land motion, improving future ...